Pontoriero, Marilena
Fiume, Giuseppe http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5414-6190
Vecchio, Eleonora
de Laurentiis, Annamaria
Albano, Francesco
Iaccino, Enrico
Mimmi, Selena
Pisano, Antonio
Agosti, Valter
Giovannone, Emilia
Altobelli, Annalisa
Caiazza, Carmen
Mallardo, Massimo
Scala, Giuseppe
Quinto, Ileana
Funding for this research was provided by:
Ministero della Salute (RF-2010-2306943)
Ministero dell’Istruzione, dell’Università e della Ricerca (POR CALABRIA FSE 2007/2013, PRIN 2012CK5RPF, PRIN 2006052835_004, PRIN 2012CK5RPF_002, Finanziamento individuale attività base di ricerca)
Article History
Received: 21 April 2018
Revised: 12 February 2019
Accepted: 13 March 2019
First Online: 19 March 2019
Compliance with ethical standards
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: Experiments involving human subjects were approved by the Italian Regional “Calabria” Ethics Committee (Protocol N. 75, 23/03/17), in accordance with the ethical and safety rules and guidelines provided by the relevant Italian laws (art. 4–5 of D.lgs 116/92, DD.MM. of 29/09/1995 and 26/04/2000), and in accordance with the ethical guidelines of the European Community Council (directive n. 86/609/ECC). Blood samples from healthy donors or CLL patients were obtained upon written and oral informed consent from the participants to the study.
: The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.